Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 9, Verse 23
येऽप्यन्यदेवता भक्ता यजन्ते श्रद्धयान्विताः । तेऽपि मामेव कौन्तेय यजन्त्यविधिपूर्वकम्
ye'pyanyadevatā bhaktā yajante śraddhayānvitāḥ | te'pi māmeva kaunteya yajantyavidhipūrvakam
Translation
Even those who, devoted to other Gods, worship Them with faith, worship Myself, O son of Kuntī, in ignorance.
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- ye
- who
- api
- also
- anyadevatābhaktāḥ
- (of) other, of gods, devotee
- yajante
- worship
- śraddhayānvitāḥ
- with faith, endowed
- te
- they
- api
- also
- mām
- me
- eva
- even
- kaunteya
- O Kaunteya
- yajanti
- worship
- avidhipūrvakam
- non-rule, preceding (guide), as, may be, so
Śaṅkarācārya's commentary
With faith: believing in the efficacy of the worship of those Gods. They worship in ignorance because they do not know that the Lord is the One Self of all the Gods.